{"id":1882,"date":"2012-08-21T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T19:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/?p=1882"},"modified":"2012-08-21T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T19:34:18","slug":"into-the-future-with-smartlink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/2012\/08\/21\/into-the-future-with-smartlink\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Future with SmartLink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the days when you actually had to drive to a store during regular hours to buy stuff? Now we routinely traffic in e-commerce, a business reality first made possible in 1991, when the Internet opened to unrestricted commercial use.<\/p>\n<p>Today \u2013 unless you\u2019re operating a lemonade stand \u2013 it\u2019s nearly impossible to consider running a business without an online presence.<a href=\"http:\/\/getespwebsites.com\/smartlink.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/timandrewsblog-asicentral.com\/timblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/smartlink.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But planning, designing, building and maintaining a website isn\u2019t necessarily easy, especially when you consider the myriad of data you need in an industry like ours, with more than 700,000 products. To smooth the way, ASI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> first introduced <a href=\"http:\/\/getespwebsites.com\/smartlink.asp\" target=\"_blank\">ESP Websites<\/a><sup>\u2122<\/sup>, an A-to-Z guide to creating your own site.<\/p>\n<p>Now, ASI is taking e-commerce one important step further with the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/getespwebsites.com\/smartlink.asp\" target=\"_blank\">ASI SmartLink<\/a><sup>\u2122<\/sup>, a quick and easy business solution that supersizes any e-commerce site using ESP<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, the industry\u2019s leading product data and search engine.<\/p>\n<p>Searches are powered via the Internet\u2019s leading e-commerce shopping engine \u2013 the same searching engine used by major retailers Walmart.com, Barnes &amp; Noble and Crate and Barrel.<\/p>\n<p>And whether you\u2019re a do-it-yourselfer or have a website developer, ASI provides the support you need to get the job done, along with detailed and easy-to-follow documentation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/getespwebsites.com\/smartlink.asp\" target=\"_blank\">ASI SmartLink<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/getespwebsites.com\/smartlink.asp\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And let me know what you think: Are we better off now, or do you wish you could hop in a time machine and return to the days when apple was just a fruit and the web was for spiders? Personally, I think it\u2019s funny how some people long for the pre-computer \u201cgood old days,\u201d as if there\u2019s something wrong with a faster, easier way to do business. To me, it\u2019s like longing for using an outhouse instead of a bathroom (I didn\u2019t have a flush toilet until the 5<sup>th<\/sup> grade).<\/p>\n<p>Let me know your thoughts by posting a comment or e-mailing me <a href=\"mailto:tim.andrews@asicentral.com\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. I\u2019m also on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Tim_Andrews_ASI\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/timothymandrews\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/timasitv\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember the days when you actually had to drive to a store during regular hours to buy stuff? 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